Improvement in ironing-boards



handed $111M ALBERT G. BEEK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 114,515, dated Maya 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-BOARDS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT G. BEEK, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylthereof, which. will enable others skilled in the art tov which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention, and

Figure 2 a detached sectional view of part thereof, showing the mortise-and-tenon connection of the board and stand.

The same parts are denoted by the same letters in both figures.

To the longitudinal pieces A of the stand are hinged the uprights B O, which support the board D.

These uprights have beveled notches cut in them, as shown at E, to fit the beveled ends of the longitudinal pieces.

By this construction of the hinge-joint great stability is given to the stand, which may be used for various purposes, and may also be easily folded f0 transportation.

On the top of the uprights B are tenons D, which are inserted, when the board is in use, into the mortises E. These mortises are made with an inward bevel or dovetail, as shown in fig. 2, so as to admit of the opposite end of the board being elevated without detaching it from its support. This construction will be found especially useful in ironing shirts and siniilar articles which have to be put round the board.

Heretofore it has been necessary, in order to slip a shirt over the ironing-board, to remove the board from its support, while by my invention a slight pressure on the mortised end will elevate the opposite end of the board, thereby permitting the shirt or similar article to be instantly slipped over and round it.

The longitudinal pieces A protect the skirt from contact with the floor.

What I claim as my'invention, and desire to secured by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination of the ironing-board, lnortised, as

shown at E, with the portable stand, consisting of longitudinal pieces A anduprights B O hinged and braced thereto, and constructed with beveled notches to fit the beveled ends of the longitudinal pieces, as shown and described.

ALBERT'G. BEEK. Witnesses:

Y. BURTT, J. M. Comm. 

